Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Since 5 December, attacks by anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka rebels have led to serious human rights violations and large internal displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR). Credit: OCHA/D. Schreiber

Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: In Bossangoa, a town 300km north of the capital Bangui, tens of thousands of people have been displaced including an estimated 35,000 people who have sought refugee in the grounds surrounding the Cathedral. Credit: OCHA/D. Schreiber

29 Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: The living conditions at this site are harsh and cramped. Persistent insecurity across the country means that prices for basic necessities have quadrupled. Credit: OCHA/M. Lobota

29 Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Representatives of the displaced communities sheltering in the grounds of the Cathedral met with aid officials, including the Senior Humanitarian Coordinator, Abdou Dieng, to discuss their needs. Credit: OCHA/M. Lobota

29 Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Children displaced by violence and living in the grounds of Bossangoa's Cathedral. Credit: OCHA/M. Lobota

29 Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator, Abdou Dieng (right) meets with an elder from Bossangoa's Muslim community. Almost 6,000 members of the Muslim community have sought refuge in the grounds of a local school 'Ecole de la Liberté'. Credit: OCHA/M. Lobota

29 Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Aid organizations are providing basic assistance to people living at the school. Here a group of women are drawing water from a water point set up by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its NGO partners ACF and MSF. Credit: OCHA/M. Lobota

Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Aid agencies are working to provide assistance to all those affected by the fighting. These two village elders from Bossangoa's outskirts are on their way to a World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution in the neighbourhood of Boro. Credit: OCHA/D. Schreiber

Dec 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: These young men are working with WFP. WFP and its partners have provided food to more than 41,500 people in and around Bossangoa since the beginning of December. Credit: OCHA/D. Schreiber